A “CLASSIC & KEEPER” for your HUMP day!

Good morning to you and Happy Hump Day! Can you guys all see me smiling from ear-to-ear with this card? I call this is a Susan kind of card!

You know me by now that I just love simplicity and I am just giddy over fonts/sentiments.This card sums it up and in my opinion….it needs nothing and it is soooooooo rich and classic that I would be as “proud as a peacock” to send this to my family and friends.

I have shared with you before that I absolutely adore the Watercolor Christmas Kit as well as this stamps set in the new catalog. I have blogged about it before and it can be found on page 34 in the new catalog.

Today’s card is showcasing this fabulous stamp set with two amazing words “Oh Joy”…..so powerful, so meaningful.

I have to admit I was a bit sad that my pictures did not turn out as well. Sometimes it’s just hard to get a great picture when you have shiny metallic.

Today’s card focuses on using the gold heat embossing technique.To me, there is nothing more satisfying and fun as heat embossing but please remember not forget to use the embossing buddy…There’s nothing more frustrating than to pull out your heat tool to only find out that you have stray powder on your project!

Can you see that today I did something differently than I normally do?I kept the height of the card as tall as a regular A-2 to card and just made the sides of bit shorter… – the the piece was 4 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches tall.

How about this amazing embossing folder? Stampin’ Up! has truly been throwing out some great ones lately…Here’s a tip. Make sure you mist your paper with water before you run it through Mr. Big. This allows the embossing part to get very deep and rich!

Isn’t it amazing that this card just uses very simple and clean cuts and the wow factor is there! I did add the gold thread behind the sentiment before I popped it up.This gives such a fresh and fun flair to the card.

I know that many of you do not like to have a bunch of Christmas DSP in case you did not use it all.This card shows you how you can take a very thin strip… Actually 1 1/4″ wide to add a pop.

I also used from Crumb Cake as my card base… Something I haven’t done for a while but I think there’s just something very warm and comforting about from Crumb Cake and Real Red for the holidays…how about you?

That’s it my friends…I hope that I was able to inspire you today. I must admit….”Yours truly Susan” is getting a little tired with pinky…I actually was having a bit of a pity party yesterday that I took a break and went to the movies…..something that I have not done F O R E V E R…..but I was just feeling like “butter-fingers” with everything I was doing…..

Just a couple more weeks…..thanks to YOU for hanging in there with me – I am trying to continue to inspire and I DO LOVE this card!!!! Enjoy the day…..

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Mary Ann H from NJ
on September 27, 2017 at 7:07 am

This card is rich and classy and the color combo is spot on! Everything is balanced, too. Before you know it your pinkie will be healed and ready for full blown action….but until then take one day at a time. ?

Susan, I love this card! Way to show off the beautiful embossing folder! If you can make beautiful cards with one hand “out of commission”, then I have no excuses, hahaha! Thanks for the inspiration. Have a great day 🙂

This card checks off all my favorite things, crumb cake card base, plaid DSP paper, embossing folder and gold accents! Oh My!!! Love the simple layout so each element shines. As far as I am concerned, you hit a home run with one.

Oh Joy is right! I love this! You had me at the red right off the bat. Then on crumb cake, be still my beating heart. Plus, the plaid just made me giddy with delight with it against the rich embossing! This is a 3 C card like Bernice said, class, clean and crisp! The little swirls of the metallic thread mimics the swirls in the embossing and just adds the right bit of WOW factor. Can you tell I really love this? I might have to replicate the formula for a swap card….

PRETTY ! This is the first card that I have seen that I can actually SEE the beauty of that HOLLY EF ! Gotta have it to put in my Xmas “GO TO” stuff. Love the plaid plus that swirl of gold thread . Great card for inspiration !
Hope your PAW heals super fast !!

Hi Nancy… You have a great point – I never thought of it way but I think you were right… the red against the crumb cake gives it a totally different look and feel.I wish I could take credit but I think everything is in the embossing folder!

Love this beautiful card, Susan. The red embossing folder with the gold embossed sentiment and strip of plaid all work together so well. Easy to CASE as well. Thanks for the inspiration. Glad you were able to get out and enjoy yourself at the movies yesterday. Two weeks will pass in the jif and you’ll be back to your two-handed creative self very soon. I agree with Lynn G. that you do wonderful things with only one hand. Enjoy your day!